Ball-bearing.



No. 820,520.` PATENTE) MAY 15, 1906.

A. RIEBE & P. B EHL. Y

BALL BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1905.

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AUGUST RIEBE AND PAUL BRUHL, or BERLIN, oEnMAuY:

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Specficatibn of Letters Patent.

rammed may 15,1506.

Application filed January 19, 1905. Serial No. 241.770.

To all whom it may concern.`

Be it known that we, AUGUs'r RiEBE, re-

siding in Huttcnstrasse 311/35, and PAUL` formed by springs, to the ends of which plates are attached. When ball-bearings are so used in connection with crank-pins or other parts of machinery,the motion of the balls is sometimes either accelerated or retarded, with the result that in either case, according to the direction of inertia, all the balls are forced together at one spot of the bearing. By thus accelerating the Yspeed ot' the balls or by causing all the balls to congregate at one spot the intermediate pieces have to withstand an excessive pressure with the result that the springs, aswell as. the end plates, are subjected to excessive wear and tear and to the risk of being broken, whereby the accurate operation of the' bearing is jeopardized to a greater or a lesser extent.

It is the object of this invention yby the adoption of suitable means to prevent the occurrence of the defects referred to.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 showsa portion of a bearing, the intermediate pieces of which are constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is anenlarged longitudinal section of an inter- Fig. 3 is a transverse section of such intermediate piece.A Fig. 4 shows a transverse section of one of the end plates with the bridge belonging to it. Fig. 5 is'a )lan of the bridge ol an end plate constructed in a different inanncr and with the plate ol the bridge removed. Fig. (l is a transverse section of such end plate with the plate oi the bridge inposition. Fig. 7 shows a dill'crent lorin ol constructing the casing.

ln the form of carrying out the invention wliichis illustrated in the example shown iii Fig l. the ball-bearing consists of an inner ring i), an outer ring a, the balls c, and the intermediate pieces, to the special construction of which the invention relates. Neither the particular kind ot ball-bearing employed nor the construction and arrangement loi* the grooves and rings separately considered form any part of the invention. With reference to the general construction of the intermediate pieces it is necessary to say that they are formed by s iral or coiled springs e, to the ends of whicli the end plates d areattached. The connection between these end plates and the springs is eflected by means of a cylindrical projection formed at the inner side of each end plate inwhich engages the end of the spring, the last coil of which is wound around the projection.

`When the speed oi rotation of the lcircum-l ference of the crank-pin or of similar parts of machinery reaches a certain velocity, the friction between the balls and the end plates at the point `of contact becomes su'l'l'iciently great to cause abrasion of the end plate as the result of the sliding motion of the ball upon the end plate, due t0 the motion ofthe bearing. lt is conse uentlythe first object of the invention to en arge the surface where ball and end plate come in contact. In the exam le of 'carrying out the invention illustrate in the drawings the enlargement of' the bearing-surface has been brought about 'by .providing in each ofthe end plates (Z a recess or cavity d equal to a segment of the ball, the centers or' such recesses or cavities correspending) with the osition of the point of contact eti/veen balland end plate, being arranged eccentricallyto thecenter of the end plate; but as it-is'vvery difficult when assem ling the intermediate pieces so to connect the ends of the springs with the plates that the ends of the .sprin fs placed in the spaces or openings provided 0r this urpose and the center of the cavities d shall be accurately in the same verticalv plane and as, moreover,'in

consequence ofthe' ressing' together of the springs effected by the action of the bearing small distortibns'of the two end plates, and consequentlyinjurious twisting of the springs cannot easily be avoided, the device has been adopted ol so `attaching one or both ends oi" the springs to the plates that, they are able without ail'ccting thereby the other parts ol"v the contrivance to turn to a certain extent with relation to the plate or plates.- To enable this to be done, the opening or the space f in the projection d', through or in which the ond of the spring is placed), is cither'in the caseA ol one plate alone or in the case'of both IOO plates made so 'broad that the end of the spring has slullicient play within it to be able to turn to the extent. required.

'in the exemple of carrying out the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and et the projection with the widened vopening for the end 0i' the sprinlis l'orined by riveting` to the end plate al, by ineens of rivets u, sui tahlviorined pieces t, whieh eerry a. second plate t, the so-oalled hridg y plate, whereby suliicient space is lei t betr: en the pieces t to give the necessztry plsy te enable the end of the springpl'eced in the opening to turn.

in the form ot carrying out the invention illustrated in Figs. and the cylindrical projection d sind the plate (l :rre made in one pieceI sind the place into which the end of the springF is pnt 'lornied by zt recess, which is covered hv the iwidge-plste 1 which is'riveted, by ineens ol' rive u, to the plete d. in thi ice also the width ol' the recess is coni `f greater than tiret or' the end of the spring. Consequently in this case also the cbject of giving su'llicient play to the bent end ci the spring to eneble it to turn is achieved.

.o avoid too greet u pressing together olf .the intermediate pinces or l' the springs o, due to the pressure exercised es u conscqueme of the rieceleixition olf speed referred to in the beginning oi this description, in ne eordznue with the present invention s. @32 shaped oscillating easing t 'is pushed over the spring between ne two end pla-tes, which f What we 'claim as our invention, and del sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. in a ball-bearing, an intermediate piece havingv a plate formed with a recess shaped to receive a portion of the bail.

2. in a bell-hearing, an intermediate piece having; end plates and an interposed spring, and a C-shaped easing,r diseonneetedfroin the sprin and extending over the spring` and exe ansi le to permit its withdrawal sidewise lroin this s' ring.

3. ln a all-bearing, an intermediate piece hsvingend plates separated by a spring, one of' sind plates having a recess to receive a part of the ball and the recess adapted to receive en end oi the spring and to permit a limited movement of such end therein,

1n witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence et two suhseribing` Witnesses.

AUGUST BIERE. PAUL BRUHL.

Witnesses:

HENRY Hnsrnn, WGLDEMAR HAUr'r. 

